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On the project backlog page, find the **Create Sprint** button above the story backlog list.  

![Proj_page_create_sprint](/images/60_Sprints/Proj_page_create_sprint.png)

Click the **Create Sprint** button.  A **Create sprint** dialog will pop up.

![Create_sprint_dialog](/images/60_Sprints/Create_sprint_dialog.png)

Let’s fill out the critical information:

- **Sprint Name** – You can keep the suggested name or change it.  It’s generally a good idea to include an ordinal in the sprint name, though, to provide some context.
- **Duration** – Change the value to “2 weeks”
- **Start Date and End Date** – Jira will autosuggest these dates based on sprint duration.  Since we intend to start the sprint today, leave the dates as suggested.

Click **Create** to create a sprint.  You should see the project backlog view page to now show a section for the newly created sprint.

![Proj_page_empty_sprint](/images/60_Sprints/Proj_page_empty_sprint.png)

With that in place, we can start adding stories to the sprint.